Jules Bahler on Tuesday, July 22, appeared before U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood in Detroit's federal courthouse and pleaded guilty to single counts of bank robbery by force or violence and carrying, using and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss two more bank robbery counts.

The bank robbery charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, while the firearm count carries a term of seven years to life imprisonment.

The two dismissed bank robbery counts stem from the Feb. 26 holdup of a Genisys Credit Union in Pontiac and the March 5 stickup of the Chemical Bank branch at 1513 Columbus Ave. in Bay City. The one to which he pleaded guilty occurred March 3 at a Bank of America location in Pontiac, court records show.

According to the indictment against Bahler, he stole $4,309 in the first Pontiac robbery and $4,000 in the second. In the Bay City incident, Bahler brandished a submachine gun and stole $7,000, the indictment states. The indictment alleges Bahler only used a firearm in the Bay City robbery.

The culprit did not disguise his face in the Bay City robbery and investigators released a color photograph of him taken by a surveillance camera.

Court records state that the FBI on March 6 learned that Bahler's Facebook page — where he identifies himself as "King Romeo" — contained images of him brandishing a submachine gun. Investigators believed Bahler's face matched that of the robber, the documents state.

The Facebook page indicates that on March 5, Bahler posted a caption with the photos that reads, "Bought my first house And chopper today ... lifes great."

The page features a photograph of a home in Pontiac, which the FBI and Oakland County Sheriff's deputies began staking out on Friday, March 7. That same day, investigators observed Bahler exit the house and leave as a passenger in a vehicle, records state.

Officers initiated a traffic stop and arrested Bahler. They found a submachine gun in a duffle bag in the car.

Bahler confessed to his involvement in all three robberies and gave authorities consent to search his new home, where investigators recovered clothing he wore in the incidents, the complaint states.

Bahler had moved to Michigan from Brooklyn just a short time before committing his crimes.